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Ladybirds or Ladybugs (in the U.S.) is this week's insect challenge. These are the ever-popular good guys of the insect world, family Coccinellidae for the entomologically-minded, and aren't really bugs but beetles.
There are apparently over 5,000 species, with different numbers of spots (or even stripes), and their basic colour can vary from scarlet red, to orange or yellow.
Show us one or more ladybirds outside in their natural environment, chomping through aphids or just enjoying the sunshine on a leaf.... Macro shots welcome, but please, no shots inside, under studio lights.
Refer to http://bugguide.net/node/view/340377/bgpage?from=0 for more information about these little beetles.
SIZE DOES MATTER! See below.

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Announced:

Saturday, 15th September, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 22nd September, 2012 –
Friday, 28th September, 2012
(GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 29th September, 2012 –
Friday, 5th October, 2012
(GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.

Digital photos only, with full EXIF data.

Colour only.

No HDR.

Don't remove the background.

TITLE: Give your entry a title, not just a photo number

No watermarks or forms of identification, or personal website references.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No photos from previous DPR challenges can be entered in this challenge.

Comments of encouragement are welcome.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! If you enter the challenge, take the time to vote on other entries! This will hopefully counteract the sandbaggers' votes which spoil the genuine results for everyone's entries.